I have to tell you, as odd as it may sound, I'm not really a guy who needs his TV shows in HD. A Blu-Ray release might be different, because you're bound to get some cool special features, but as far the show itself being in HD, I could take it or leave it. Now, when it comes to Star Trek: The Next Generation, that might be a different story. I'm not absolutely sure it's a different story, but it … [Read more...]
As the networks roll out their fall schedules, CBS gets a chance to spend a lot of its day milling around the free snack table while surfing for new Apps. Whatever your thoughts might be on whether or not CBS has hot women, and is or isn't a network for old people (which it A- does, and B- nevertheless largely is), the fact is that they aren't rolling out a lot of new shows. P.S. don't write … [Read more...]
I'm such a fan of the theory of Undercover Boss, that it almost doesn't matter if the show itself is worth anything at all. Conveniently, it's a pretty interesting and entertaining show, but the idea of CEOs going into the trenches and discovering (or rediscovering) what it's really like at the ground floor strikes a chord with me. It apparently works for a lot of other people as well, as the … [Read more...]
The Super Bowl ads are hitting the internet in waves, and here's another one. A groundhog day spin for truTV's new show NFL Full Contact. truTV, which scored its best ratings year ever in 2009, will be part of the ad lineup for CBS’s broadcast of the Super Bowl. truTV’s first Super Bowl ad will feature one of the NFL’s most popular players, Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh … [Read more...]
There's a lot of good stuff this week, so much so that I'm actually putting this together when I had intended to skip this week's edition. Sadly, there aren't really enough DVDs of great interest, and the ones there are will likely be covered individually. One of the more interesting notes, or at least one that has people talking, are the recent TV adds and losses. ABC has given full season … [Read more...]
Back when The Mentalist first aired, I called it, "The best new show on TV... by a mile," and it went on to solidify its status as one of the most worthwhile, entertaining shows in years. That it performed solidly in the ratings is actually less a testament to the quality of the show than it is a somewhat curious surprise with regard to the viewing public. The show is a tremendously fun and … [Read more...]
It's that time again, Big Brother is back. What group did you fit into in high school? That is the question 12 strangers will face on the season premiere of BIG BROTHER, Thursday, July 9 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. 12 strangers will move into the Big Brother house and learn that they will be ‘kickin it old school' this summer, high school to be exact. The … [Read more...]
It's time for the rundown of the next season of television. All the networks are going through some changes, some even playing with the very notion of primetime. Let's take a look. CBS CBS (the only people putting out television shows who refuse to acknowledge me as press... so the hell with them) makes few claims about itself, apart from focusing on the fact that they are the … [Read more...]
Harper's Island (premiering Thursday, April 9th) is a fascinating move for primetime television. That's true whether or not the attempt by Jon Turteltaub and CBS turns out to be something great, and that's because the attempt itself is worthwhile. Though it might be looked at as a "miniseries," Harper's Island really creates a new category for television. It's a murder mystery, and it runs … [Read more...]
The WB.com's web-broadcast show Sorority Forever is on episode 33 (and available for download/subscription through Tivo's webcast feature) and... well, I don't know anything to say there actually... that "show" has dropped off the radar. Maybe it's popular. I've watched nine or ten episodes (because they're two minutes long remember), but I don't know how much more I can do that to … [Read more...]
